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93% of NFL players' brains had CTE

The quoted tweet says "at least 1 in 4" developed CTE. That's doing propaganda math. The actual study: 1,712 former NFL players died between 2008 and 2021. Of the 338 who donated their brains for examination, 315 had CTE. That's 93.2%. The NFL spent decades telling players and parents the science was unclear. It wasn't. It's been a calculation: how many broken brains is the league willing to accept as operating costs.
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At least 1 in 4 former NFL players in a new study developed CTE, a neurological condition caused by repeated head impacts. It can cause cognitive impairments, behavioral and mood changes, and is linked to dementia. (https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49721156/study-shows-least-25-nfl-players-develop-cte)
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The NFL's actual CTE epidemic is far worse than the headlines suggest, and the league knew it the whole time.

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